Dave Kranzler
MBA, Market Analyst & Author @ The Mining Stock Journal
Dave Kranzler spent many years working in various analytic jobs and trading on Wall Street. For nine of those years, he traded junk bonds for a large bank. He has an MBA from the University of Chicago, with a concentration in accounting and finance. He currently co-manages a precious metals and mining stock investment fund in Denver. My goal is to help people understand and analyze what is really going on in our financial system and economy. Dave publishes the The Mining Stock Journal a bi-weekly subscription newsletter that features junior mining ideas as well as relative value ideas in large cap mining stocks.
Dave Kranzler Articles
Without question, investing in the precious metals sector has been a pain in the ass for nearly the entire 20 years I’ve been involved. The official intervention, which has become shamelessly blatant, is the primary reason. But also,...
While the Fed announced the start of its long-threatened taper program, the actual policy statement says “The Committee would be prepared to adjust the stance of monetary policy as appropriate if risks emerge that could impede the...
The fundamentals supporting a monster move in gold and silver have never been stronger. This includes extraordinarily negative real interest rates, Government debt outstanding that seems to be increasing at an increasing rate, the...
A massive financial system crisis building. Evergrande is a small part of the cause but it may have been the “black swan” trigger. The move into the dollar is likely a reflexive flight to safety by professional investors globally and...
“The unsustainable will not be sustained, except through ever-increasing force and fraud.” – “Jesse,” Jesse’s Cafe Americain. “The culture of Wall Street has now completely engulfed the Fed: it’s legal if you can get away with it.” – Pam/...
It’s my predilection to believe that the Fed not only will not taper but will eventually be forced to increase the amount of money it is printing, I believe we’ll see the mining stocks outperform the general stock market by a wide margin...
“The concept of transitory is really this: it is that, uh, the increases will happen. We’re not saying they will reverse. That’s not what transitory means. It means that the increases in prices will happen, so there will be inflation, but...
Silver and gold have been under intense attack in the paper silver/gold derivative markets (Comex, OTC derivatives) and the London unallocated phony physical bullion market since August 2020.
I ordinarily do not spend time reading the FOMC policy statement after it’s released, saving that brain damage for CNBC. But I read the June release to assess for myself whether or not the Fed had tilted toward a more “hawkish” policy...
The precious metals sector has been extremely irritating, if not outright agitating since May. Compounding the frustration is the fact that the fundamentals supporting the sector have never been stronger. These factors include negative...
